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| 14787781633 | Audience | who the author is directing his or her message towards hint - when you create a resume, the ________ is your potential employers | 0 | |
| 14787790939 | Attitude | the writer's personal views or feelings about the subject at hand hint - "the deplorable state of the school" implies a negative ________ | 1 | |
| 14787803810 | Aristotelian appeals | three different methods of appealing to an audience to convince them - ethos, pathos, logos hint - ethos: credibility; pathos: emotion; logos: logic | 2 | |
| 14787816029 | Argument | the combination of reasons, evidence, etc. the author uses to convince an audience of their position hint - in effective rhetoric, every phrase serves to further build the ________ | 3 | |
| 14787834903 | Analogy | explaining something complex by comparing it to something more simple hint - an amateur playing in a professional game is like an ibex stepping into a lion's den | 4 | |
| 14994583257 | Compare & Contrast | discussing the similarities and differences between two things to some persuasive or illustrative purpose hint - hybrid cars have a much smaller carbon footprint than other cars | 5 | |
| 14994612705 | Connotation | the implied meaning of a word; positive, negative, or neutral hint - conscientious: positive fussy: negative | 6 | |
| 14994632522 | Context | the extra-textual environment in which text is being delivered hint - time/place/occasion At a speech for an award, the immediate context is the ceremony, and the broad context is the purpose of the award | 7 | |
| 14994754488 | Counterargument | the argument against the author's position hint - if you wanted to eliminate the dress code, you are forcing people to spend money on expensive uniforms | 8 | |
| 14994767074 | Deductive Reasoning | a form of logical reasoning wherein a general principle is applied to a specific case hint - if all planets orbit a star, and theta II is a planet, then it must orbit a star | 9 |
